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This is an accessory that has been missing from the Ducati landscape since the start of this season. These are the ailerons, mounted on Lorenzo's Desmosedici. Appendages which disappeared with the installation of a GP18 with a different character. So dissimilar that they appeared as handicaps, disrupting the front of the bike in fast corners. A new aerodynamic version must be approved and the reds hope for it for Austin. They are crossing their fingers that it will be effective, because the regulations only allow two fairings per season. Which means that this will be the last chance... We were there until Argentinian warm-up…And what did we see?

A fairing with fins for Lorenzo ! Qualified fourteenth due to a poor tire choice attributed by the driver to poor communication with his chief mechanic Gabarrini, all following controversial remarks about the teammate Dovizioso Against the backdrop of contract renegotiation, the Reds have therefore acceded to a new requirement from their pilot recruited last year.

The latter, however, had been disturbed by the behavior of the GP18 with the wings during the tests in Thailand... What will this new transplant give during the race at Termas de Rio Hondo? The answer soon!

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